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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

530 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 525 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING EAST ACROSS HARPER AND SUMNER 

COUNTIES. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH 

OF SOUTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OF HARPER INTO SUMNER COUNTY 

THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR

DRAINAGE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT... OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS... SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUMNER AND

HARPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3734 9755 3707 9746 3705 9813 3720 9814



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